Asked if his offensive line is undersized for the offense he wants to run, Florida offensive coordinator Charlie Weis said, “It depends on who you’re playing against.” A lot of people hear that answer as “yes.”
And they’d probably be right. Florida’s starting offensive line — LT Matt Patchan, LG Dan Wenger, C Jonotthan Harrison, RG Jon Halapio, RT Chaz Green — is one of the three smallest in the SEC. Only Mississippi State and Vanderbilt’s offensive lines have a lower average weight.

Here are the conference’s offensive lines, listed from heaviest to lightest average starter:

Is that evidence that Florida’s line is undersized? Probably. But even if it is, Weis said that is not necessarily the problem.

“If you really look at our offensive line versus LSU last week, no, they weren’t undersized,” he said. “Remember now, I’ve been with offensive lines where everyone averaged 280 and I’ve been with offensive lines where everyone averaged 315 and won with both of them. Size isn’t always the factor.”

It seems like the offensive line might not be as big as it needs to be to run Weis’ pro-style running attack. Last year’s line might have been more suited for it, averaging 6-4, 322.4.

Florida’s running backs are not the ideal stature either, but that’s something most people who follow the Gators already realized.

Chris Rainey is 5-9, 174 and Jeff Demps is 5-7, 191. Lining up the top two running backs at every school in the SEC, those two would rank in the bottom quarter. Half of that list weighs at least 210 pounds. South Carolina’s Marcus Lattimore outweighs Rainey by nearly 50 pounds.